Belt buckle



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L. s. KALLAJIAN I BELT BUCKLE Filed Feb. 4. 1926 v [awe 11W), lazar'us Sffizllajian;

Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

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LAZARUS S. KALLAJIAN, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JARDIN YTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT BUCKLE.

Application filed February 4, 1926. Serial No. 85,924.

This invention relates to that type of belt buckle which is adapted to permit a resilient expansion and contraction of the belt; and it has for its object the construction of neat and efiicient means for enabling a clamping buckle to yieldingly sustain the belt.

To this end I have devised the construction hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the drawings accompanying this specification, in which Fig. 1 is a side sectional view of a buckle embodying my improvements, the same being shown in connection with portions of a strap. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device opened up. Fig. 3 is a similar view but with one of the parts and the springs removed. Fig. 1 is a sectional side view of the device. Fig. 5 is a cross section of the same. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the device in operative condition.

The plate 1 of the buckle has its outer face exposed and is customarily made ornamental in appearance, and at each lateral margin is a flange 2 between which is pivoted the main clamping member 3. This member or plate 3 is thus pivoted in place by means of spurs integral therewith, as 4, turning in small holes punched in the flanges 2, and has its end 6 bent out and serrated to compose the clamping portion thereof. Slidable on this plate 3 is a second plate 7 having its lateral edges bent over to enclose the corresponding edges of the plate 3; the end of the part 7 opposite the clamping teeth 6 having ears 9 between which is pivoted by means of spurs 8 aclamp 10 having engaging teeth 11 and a body 12; the part 12 being centrally curved up somewhat to enable the same to be engaged by the fingers and drawn out in order to put the teeth 11 out of engagement with the strap which is designed to be held thereby.

Each of the plates 3, 7 have one or more half-round grooves 13 pressed therein for receiving a helical spring 14 in each; and each groove has at one end a lug 15 reaching into the corresponding groove of the other plate;

the lugs being at opposite ends of two co- I prefer to elongate the spurs 8 and to pivot thereon the ends of a rectangular loop 17 designed for the purpose of holding in place the end of the strap projecting from the buckle. This loop is preferably composed of wire flattened at its ends and also at its cross piece 18 in order to present the cross piece 18 flat upon the belt. This loop is so disposed as to be swung over upon the buckle when the latter is not in use, but it cannot swing farther in the opposite direction than its position shown in Fig. 1 due to the engagement of its inwardly bent portions 19 with the inner part of the strap.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is:

In a buckle, the combination of three plates, two pivotally united and one of the latter slidably holding the third, resilient means resisting the slidable action, strap clamping means for the pivotally united plates, strap clamping means for the third plate, and a loop having the ends of its side members pivoted tothe last-named strapclamping means for holding in place an end of the strap with which the buckle is used.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention, I have hereunto set my hand this th day of January, 1926.

LAZARUS S. KALLAJ IAN.

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